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Hanley: RFU should go into inner cities to grow player pool

19 November 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Steve Hanley is urging the RFU to copy France and go into the inner cities to grow the sport’s player pool, rather […]

Cambridge set to make up for tough opening

19 November 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Cambridge have had a difficult start to their first season in the Championship and but director of rugby Richie Williams believes they […]

Coach to Coach with Gareth Lewis

19 November 2023 0 comments

Former Richmond director of rugby Steve Hill, above, talks to Rotherham head coach Gareth Lewis, below. After 10 years of successful coaching at Huddersfield RUFC […]

Young guns who fired the triumph of 2003

19 November 2023 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS While we rightly ruminate on the 20th anniversary of England’s World Cup triumph we should also doff a 30th anniversary cap to a […]

Borthwick should not cut time with players

19 November 2023 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME With the RFU now preparing for a new relationship with the Premiership you have to wonder […]

Lack of jeopardy is costing us, says Davies

12 November 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Caldy director of rugby Gareth Davies says the sting has been taken from this season’s Championship due to a lack of jeopardy […]

member some big Euro-Quins I sort of made sure

12 November 2023 0 comments

NATHAN Catt has joined the RFU from Bath and will operate as the England rugby pathway’s designated scrum coach for the men’s and women’s sides. […]

Game in England is heading for a storm

12 November 2023 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE return of England A – the national second team known as the Saxons when they last […]

COACH TO COACH

12 November 2023 0 comments

FORMER RICHMOND DIRECTOR OF RUGBY STEVE HILL, FAR LEFT, TALKS TO GISELLE MATHER, DIRECTOR OF WOMEN’S RUGBY AT EALING TRAILFINDERS Giselle played for Wasps and […]

This diminished Premiership is benefiting no-one

12 November 2023 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS TIME waits for no man. As the World Cup recedes in the rear-view mirror and we concentrate on the Premiership it’s slightly alarming […]

Lightning stars help to guide way for next gen

12 November 2023 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA By BEN JAYCOCK HAVING just graduated from the England U18s setup, contracted transitional Red Roses players Grace Clifford and Lilli Ives Campion were […]

A lack of pathway is halting our progress

12 November 2023 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Well, here we are back to rugby at the club level and all the woes that […]

Coach to Coach with Armand Roux

5 November 2023 0 comments

Former Richmond director of rugby Steve Hill, above, talks to Dorking director of rugby Armand Roux, below Armand Roux was a player at and is […]

Allen aiming for long-term success at the Hawks

5 November 2023 0 comments

By OLLY PINHEY Luke Allen is in his first year as Henley Hawks’ director of rugby but knows exactly where he wants to take the […]

George urges RFU to listen to old boys

29 October 2023 0 comments

By ADAM HATHAWAY Jamie George has urged the RFU to listen to England’s seasoned internationals before rubber-stamping proposals over new playing contracts. Twickenham chiefs have […]

Andrew pads up at ECB

29 October 2023 0 comments

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Former England fly-half Rob Andrew is taking on a major role in English cricket after being appointed as the […]

England will struggle to replace Marler and Cole

29 October 2023 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Here is a prediction. England will not win another World Cup, or Six Nations Grand Slam, or […]

Red Roses: Alex Matthews

29 October 2023 0 comments

Position: Flanker DOB: 03/08/93 Community Club: Camberley Rugby Club Club: Gloucester-Hartpury Birthplace: Camberley, Surrey Red Roses Debut: November 2011 vs France Caps: 61 Why I play […]

Wasps keen to return to ‘highest level’

22 October 2023 0 comments

By SAM JACKSON Wasps want to reform as a club “at the highest level possible” but may need to wait until the 2025/26 season to […]

We need action to halt decline in numbers

22 October 2023 0 comments

THE figures below are from this month. Along with the three attached papers, they help to explain why England fail to make full use of […]

RFU must not hide behind English success

22 October 2023 0 comments

SO Jersey Reds have ceased trading and may very well go to the wall like the three Premiership teams, but unlike those Premiership teams many […]

Red Roses: Meg Jones

22 October 2023 0 comments

Position: Winger, Birthplace: Cardiff – Wales, DOB: 23/10/1996, Community Club: Glamorgan Wanderers, Club: Leicester Tigers, Red Roses Debut: vs New Zealand 2015, Caps: 15 Why […]

Confident England set to get out of jail

15 October 2023 0 comments

From ADAM HATHAWAY PREVIEW… England v Fiji Today. Kick-off 4pm, Stade de Marseille Steve Borthwick and his coaching staff are on parole today as England […]

England’s big names to get new offer

15 October 2023 0 comments

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER England stars are poised to be offered guaranteed payments of between £100,000 to £150,000 by the RFU in an […]

Championship clubs look to Cohen to raise profile

8 October 2023 0 comments

Championship clubs have asked former Leicester Tigers chief executive, players agent and legal eagle Simon Cohen to help them maximise their commercial and broadcast rights […]

Magic money tree can’t last for ever

8 October 2023 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK BILL Sweeney does not much care for accountability. It is why his first press conference for nine […]

Pellegrini shows the depth of talent

8 October 2023 0 comments

Pat Pellegrini’s beautifully taken chip-and-chase try for Tonga against South Africa in last weekend’s World Cup clash in Marseille was a great showcase not just […]

RFU must provide a pathway for everyone

8 October 2023 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME WELL, who would have believed it? One of the best teams in the Championship calling in […]

This is no way to run a pro sport – Halliday

1 October 2023 1 comment

By NICK CAIN Simon Halliday says the decision of Jersey Reds to go into administration, while criticising the RFU leadership for a lack of support, […]

Schism which is set to tear game apart

1 October 2023 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK There is a schism waiting to happen in the English game, and it was in clear sight […]

Jersey Reds cease trading as liquidation looms

28 September 2023 0 comments

Jersey Reds have become the fourth club ranked in England‘s top 20 at the start of last season to fold since then as they confirmed […]

Pressure mounts on RFU hierarchy

24 September 2023 0 comments

By NICK CAIN The RFU Board and its administrators, chief executive Bill Sweeney and chairman Tom Ilube, have been slammed by Championship clubs for conducting […]

RFU hierarchy must address core financial issues

24 September 2023 2 comments

NICK CAIN The reaction to the landmark RFU Council letter in which 30 members have challenged the current leadership of RFU Board chairman Tom Ilube, […]

Prem Cup shows the sham of no relegation

24 September 2023 0 comments

NICK CAIN The early rounds of the new Premiership Cup has shown the RFU-endorsed ring-fencing of English rugby’s top league to be an utter sham. […]

Seabourne tasked with steadying falling Tykes

24 September 2023 0 comments

By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON The 32-year journey of Leeds Tykes has been nothing short of tumultuous. It’s a story marked by name changes, yo-yoing between leagues, […]

RFU face major leadership challenge

17 September 2023 1 comment

By NICK CAIN The RFU Council has challenged the leadership of the RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney and Board chairman Tom Ilube in the biggest […]

Sweeney leaves his chair empty

10 September 2023 0 comments

WORLD CUP DIARY ENGLAND landed in Le Touquet last Thursday and were immediately welcomed by the locals, including the mayor at a ceremony on Saturday […]

Too costly to dismiss Borthwick

10 September 2023 0 comments

The RFU can’t afford to sack Steve Borthwick even if they wanted to, with the under-performing England boss in line for a £3m payout if […]

Young Guns: Harlequins and England U18 scrum-half Lucas Friday

10 September 2023 0 comments

Lucas Friday starred for Jonathan Pendlebury’s England U18s in their tour of South Africa this summer and is aiming to progress through the age groups […]

Martinovic: We need to focus on state schools

10 September 2023 0 comments

Alan Martinovic fears that the England Rugby player development pathway recently criticised by Eddie Jones will run into more difficulties if Labour wins the next […]

RFU will honour Watson contract

27 August 2023 0 comments

The RFU are set to continue picking up the tab for Anthony Watson despite the winger being ruled out of the World Cup with a […]

England captain Farrell banned for Argentina and Japan matches at World Cup

22 August 2023 0 comments

Owen Farrell will miss England‘s first two World Cup games after a World Rugby appeal successfully overturned the Independent Judicial Committee (IJC) ruling that saw […]

What a mess, all RFU’s own doing

20 August 2023 0 comments

RATHER than act like gentlemen and play by the rules, England seem to think they can manipulate them for their own benefit – and not […]

So uplifting to read Pearce’s life story

20 August 2023 0 comments

IN these days of the incompetent 12-strong RFU Board, the English 2nd XV’s dismal showing in Cardiff, ring-fenced Premiership, defunct Premiership clubs, Test matches being […]

Hill: We must clarify Championship role

13 August 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Former Richmond boss Steve Hill says it’s disappointing how the Championship has changed its regulations around dual registration and questions the identity […]

So sad to see WRU still living in the past

13 August 2023 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW IT TOOK both sides at The Battle of the Big Little Horn 50 years to bury the […]

Cov sign up new talent to fill academy void

4 August 2023 0 comments

Coventry Rugby have stepped in to prevent the career hopes of aspiring teenage rugby players in the West Midlands being dashed by the collapse of […]

Amateur game in need of extra help

30 July 2023 0 comments

“PLEASE Sir! Can I have some more?” Oliver Twist’s plaintive cry in Dickensian times. Now, in the 21st century it is the community clubs that […]

When the Saints marched on

30 July 2023 0 comments

MOMENT IN TIME NORTHAMPTON COURAGE LEAGUE DIVISION 2 CHAMPIONS 1989-90 SPECIAL REPORT BY NEIL FISSLER Where are they now? BACK ROW Dave Woodrow: Centre, taught […]

Fed-up Falcons angry over limited telly time

23 July 2023 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Newcastle Falcons are said to be seething after what they perceive to be another snub in the 2023/24 Gallagher Premiership TV fixture […]

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